Thursday, October 26, 2006

I am very aware that the Chronicles of Narnia movie created a firestorm of merchandising. I loved the books first, the new movie second, and I was pained to see the enormous amount of stuff that it generated. But, my horror reached its paramount upon seeing this:

That's Peter's sword reduced to functioning as a letter opener. It doesn't get any worse than that. What kind of world do we live in when an out of work sword has no choice but to sell himself out to this kind of slave labor?

Who Is This Guy?

Kitsch

A derogatory term used to describe works created specifically in order to pander to public demand. In this case, Christian demand for cutesy knick-knacks and other pseudo-spiritual items. I feel like the word 'kitschy' could describe a lot of the contemporary Christian church. We're converting the world, one t-shirt at a time.